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Orbite begins the launch countdown for its commercial astronaut training programs

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(Orbite Photo) After getting its start in Seattle and testing its business model in France and Florida, a space travel venture called Orbite is ready to start signing up customers for private-sector astronaut training programs. Prices for the five-night suborbital training program start at $49,500 per person.

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My sustainability story: Why Orange Poland is at the coalface of change

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Our goal at Orange Poland is the same as the rest of Orange Group – to achieve net zero carbon by 2040 for both our own emissions (scopes 1+2) and those of our value chain (scope 3). This complements our long-running Energy Optimization Program that allowed us to reduce emissions by around 15% between 2015 and 2020. Jacek-Hutyra.

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COP26 updates: Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy, Gates Foundation and Amazon tout climate efforts

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On Tuesday, the Microsoft co-founder took the stage in Glasgow to announce a pledge of $315 million from the foundation to support agricultural research to help farmers in the developing world cope with climate change, as well as an update on the progress being made through his Breakthrough Energy initiative. Catalyst has secured $1.5

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Is United’s green supersonic jet too good to be true?

Vox

The first of these flights is scheduled for 2026, and the company plans to start carrying passengers by 2029. Atlanta-based Hermeus and Virgin Galactic are developing their own designs for a supersonic jet. That would be fast enough to get someone from Newark to London in just three and a half hours. But there’s another twist.

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Fusion fever: A reality check on the multibillion-dollar race to reinvent energy and save the planet

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“The nature of this business is you have to set aggressive goals,” said Mike Donaldson , General Fusion’s senior vice president of technology development. The accomplishment at last proved the theory that fusion on Earth could produce net energy. Upcoming targets: Scientific breakeven by 2026.

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